Life's about experiences. These are mine.
This has to be my favourite shop in the world. It was situated directly opposite our hotel and with its unassuming frontage was easy to miss. It’s a lamp shop but unlike any I had ever seen before. In the window were several brass instruments that had been turned into lamps and they were beautiful, …
Thanks to my friends at Ryanair I have an extra hour at the airport to write this blog post, so much for the “on time airline”. Oh well. When abroad Helen and I like to try and find off the beaten track places to eat. This usually is done by a combination of guidebooks, hotel …
Today, the reason we had come to Budapest when it was cold – the Christmas markets. I believe that these originate from Germany but they are everywhere now. We visited Birmingham’s German Market a couple of weeks ago and the ones in Budapest were supposedly bigger, hence the trip. You could ask why we simply …
After a relatively mild start to autumn in the UK the cold of Budapest has come as something as a shock and it’s not even that cold. At 2 degrees it is still hat and gloves weather though so that is how we left the hotel this morning. The city is made up of two …
I guess for some London Stansted is a really convenient airport. There must be some people who say “I know let’s leave this dreary English weather behind and jet off somewhere sunny. Stansted is only just down the road”. Those people don’t live in Reading. For us Stansted means a trek along major motorways of …
We have some good friends that we see regularly and they always seem to put on a great meal for us. Just recently they have upped the ante a bit and it has become a bit of a recipe arms race as we try and find something to out do them! Last night we did …
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Back in August I managed to get up to London to see the Poppies in the Moat installation at the Tower of London and thought that it was incredible. Then Helen came home from work saying that others had volunteered to plant the poppies and that we should too, so we applied. Our first choice …
Quiet month this month and one of the five shown is actually from last month!. This months additions are: Fish – A Feast of Consequences Peter Maxwell-Davies – Symphony 10 (SoS) Jef Neve – One (SoS) OK Go – Hungry Ghosts John, Paul, George & Ringo – 4 The observant amongst you will note that I missed an entry last month …
This is a real letter that was sent (yes, printed and sent, not emailed) to some of our friends who have a child at the school. What I love about this is that the sender has clearly recognised that having to type in that long URL is going to be tedious and error prone so …
Last days away are always hard as you have to balance the time you have available to do something meaningful with an eye on the clock to ensure you leave enough time to make your flight. Today was one of those days although with a flight not due to leave until 17:20 we had plenty …